Straining-receptacle.



F. SHEPHERD. STRAINING REGEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED AuG.2l, i916.

l Patented May22,197.-

2/E95 .L Z7@ mhmg @2M UNITED STATES PATENT oiaEioE.v

FRANK SHEPHERD, OF FOREST GREEN, MISSOURI.

STRAINING-BECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed August 21, 1916. Serial No. 116,134.

To all 'whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SHEPHERD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forest Green, in the county of Chariton, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straining-Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will en-V able others skilled -in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

his invention relates to improvements in straining receptacles and particularly to receptacles forl straining milk or like fluids.

The `principal object of the'present invention is to provide adevice of this charactery wherein the foreign matter in the milk will be prevented from getting into and clogging up `the straining cloth or wire.

Another object is to provide a device of this character whereby the milk can be strained Without the necessity of tilting the receptacle until practically all of the milk has owed therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the acoompanymg formed of any suitable metal or other ma terial and provided with a pivoted bail 11, for carrying the same. A portion of the open upper end of the receptacle is covered by means of ahood 12, which preventsV the spilling of the milk when pouring the same therefrom. In yone side, and near the bottom of the receptacle, is secured a short pipe of suitable diameter, as shown at 13, the same projecting outwardly'from the receptacle and adapted to have a straining cloth 14 placed over vthe outer end and secured thereto by passing a suitable band 15 therearound. Secured to the outer face of the receptacle, below the pipe 13, is a down Copies' o! this patent may be obtained for wardly and outwardly inclined chute 16, the same projecting a suitable distance be yond the outer end of the pipe. f

In the operation of the device, the re-I ceptacle is placed on a table, or may be held in the hand, after a straining cloth is properly secured over the outer end of the pipe. The receptacle is so placed or held that the outer end of the chute will lbe in position to discharge into another receptacle, as shown at 17, placed therebelow. The receptacle 11') is then filled with the milk or other fluid t 0 be strained. The receptacle is held in an upright position while the liquid passes through the straining cloth, down the chute, and into the receptacle 17. When the level of the liquid in the receptacle 10 is below Vthe lower side of the pipe 13, the receptacle' may then'be tiltedto permit the remainder of the fluid to pass through the strainer.

Thus practically all of the sediment or other foreign matter and grease, will be permitted to settle to the bottom of the receptacle, and be effectively prevented from clogging up the Ystraining cloth. The pipe 13 is purposely'located a short vdistance above the bottom of the receptacle, thereby preventing the sediment running out with the liquid, or coming in contact with the straining cloth. v

If desired thegreceptacle may be placed on a table andthe receptacle 17 placed on the floor ydirectly'beneath the chute, or elevated by means of a chair, box or other suitable means.

YWhat is claimed is:

In a straining device, a receptacle, a discharge pipe located in the side of the receptacle and adjacent the bottom thereof, a straining means-mounted on the outer end of the pipe, and a downwardly and outfk wardly extending chute located below the pipe and extending below the bottom of the receptacle, whereby the contents of the receptacle will flow therefrom without the necessity of tilting the receptacle.V

In testimony whereof,`I aixl my-signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SHEPHERD.

Witnesses l J. M. BENTLEY, f E. TEoKEMEYERs. 

